Cowboys Could Use More of a Platoon System at RB

DeMarco Murray led the NFL by a wide margin with 392 carries in 2014

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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said recently that if DeMarco Murray returns in 2015, he’d likely have his workload lightened at least to some degree. But that doesn’t mean the Cowboys will run the ball significantly less.

Rather, according to Jones, they’d likely spread the load a little more evenly between Murray and the other backs on the roster. Obviously, Murray would still get the lion’s share of touches, but he’d have a lot more help than he did in 2014, when the team’s second-leading rusher, Joseph Randle had a paltry 51 attempts.

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